re: Would you be in favor of Saints getting Manti Te'o in the first?(Posted by blueslover on 10/10/12 at 8:48 am to Neauxla)

too early to even project if the Saints will be closer to 4-12 (extrapolating their start) or 9-7 wildcard contention. That equates to a 20 place difference in draft position. Then there is a lot of shakeout still to be had in consensus ranking of players too.

That said, Te'o is a solid looking player. Sean Porter Tex AM looks like a better LB fit for the Saints to me.

The more the pick ends up premium, the more some positions are weighted higher. If it is first half of the 1st Rd I would guess two positions- a high impact pass rushing DE (Jeffcoat TX, Werner Fla St types) that could replace Will Smith. There's some good DE depth in this class. Or a day one starting LT if they choose to let Bushrod walk. It isn't a deep LT year tho.

re: Would you be in favor of Saints getting Manti Te'o in the first?(Posted by higgsBoson on 10/10/12 at 11:03 am to blueslover)

quote:The more the pick ends up premium, the more some positions are weighted higher. If it is first half of the 1st Rd I would guess two positions- a high impact pass rushing DE (Jeffcoat TX, Werner Fla St types) that could replace Will Smith. There's some good DE depth in this class. Or a day one starting LT if they choose to let Bushrod walk. It isn't a deep LT year tho.

I think we need to get a 2nd somewhere and grab a pass rushing DE with the first and DJ Fluker with the second

re: Would you be in favor of Saints getting Manti Te'o in the first?(Posted by Fleur de Diable on 10/10/12 at 1:52 pm to SOCAL TIGER)

quote:Would rather have the Jones

So, you think he could operate within our system? Or that we'd have to switch some things around to accomodate him. Because, this is my favorite guy in this draft, but I feel like we might not get the most out of him with our current defense. Even still, I know he'd be better than what we have.

re: Would you be in favor of Saints getting Manti Te'o in the first?(Posted by Brettesaurus Rex on 10/10/12 at 3:04 pm to Bduhon55)

I don't know. Teo would be a great building block, but I don't think MLB is a big need. If a LB at all, I'd want the best OLB on the board. But I still think we need go pass rusher with our firs pick. If not, someone like Star Litueli (sp?) to shore up one our DT spots or a speed receiver to eventually replace Devery. We have possession guys for days. I thought maybe OL but I don't think we need a high pick, the OL has improved greatly the last two games

re: Would you be in favor of Saints getting Manti Te'o in the first?(Posted by THRILLHO on 10/10/12 at 3:35 pm to Brettesaurus Rex)

I wouldn't draft a 4-3 LB in the top 10 unless they were insanely good, which Te'o is not. Even if we play ourselves into the middle of the round, it would be stupid to move Lofton or Te'o to a less natural position. Te'o doesn't really have the skill set to play WILL, and the SAM is the least important position on defense. OT, any position on the DL, or maybe even a WR that can stretch the field should be the focus. Good OLBs can be found later in the draft, we just suck at finding them.